Buildings and Grounds

Buildings and Grounds
Studio album by
Papas Fritas
ReleasedMarch 7, 2000
RecordedThe Columnated Ruins, Gloucester, MA
The Backporch, Somerville, MA and
The Krackhaus
GenreIndie rock, pop music
Length48:20
LabelMinty Fresh
ProducerPapas Fritas
Papas Fritas chronology
Helioself
(1997) 		Buildings and Grounds
(2000) 		Pop Has Freed Us
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert Christgau(dud)[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Spin5/10[4]

Buildings and Grounds is the third studio album by Papas Fritas, released on Minty Fresh in 2000.[5][6] In Australia it was distributed by local label Half a Cow, their first release of a non-Aussie album since Bettie Serveert's Palomine five years earlier.[7] It was the band's final studio album.[8]

Critical reception

The Austin Chronicle wrote that "the arrangements are particularly grin-inducing, with their headphone-ready little tweaks and snippets of synthesized smarts and fleshy string flourishes."[9] The Washington Post wrote that the band "doesn't overstate or over-embellish its material, relying on direct arrangements, bright tunes and the boy-girl vocal contrast between the band's two singers."[10]

Track listing

  1. "Girl" (Tony Goddess) – 3:18
  2. "People Say" (Goddess, Shivika Asthana) – 4:26
  3. "Way You Walk" (Goddess) – 3:48
  4. "Vertical Lives" (Keith Gendel) – 3:39
  5. "What Am I Supposed to Do?" (Goddess) – 2:58
  6. "Far From an Answer" (Asthana, Goddess) – 4:56
  7. "I Believe in Fate" (Goddess) – 3:58
  8. "It's Over Now" (Asthana, Goddess) – 4:15
  9. "Questions" (Goddess) – 3:18
  10. "Beside You" (Asthana, Goddess) – 3:23
  11. "Another Day" (Goddess) – 3:03
  12. "I'll Be Gone" (Asthana, Ed Buck) – 3:30
  13. "Lost in a Dream" (Goddess) – 3:48

Personnel

  • Shivika Asthana: drums, vocals
  • Keith Gendel: bass, vocals
  • Tony Goddess: guitar, piano, vocals

Production notes

Recorded at the Columnated Ruins (Gloucester, Mass.) and the Backporch and the Krackhaus (Somerville, Massachusetts). Engineered and mixed by Paul Sanni. Analog consultation by Paul Q. Kolderie. Mastered by Roger Siebel at SAE (Phoenix, Arizona).

References

  1. ^ Buildings and Grounds at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
  2. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Papas Fritas". www.robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 403.
  4. ^ "Jump Cuts". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. April 9, 2000 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. March 9, 2000 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Lost Classics: Papas Fritas "Buildings And Grounds"". March 12, 2009.
  7. ^ "Papas Fritas". halfacow.com.au. Half a Cow Records. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Papas Fritas | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  9. ^ "Papas Fritas Buildings & Grounds (Minty Fresh)". www.austinchronicle.com.
  10. ^ "ANNE SUMMERS "Very Classy" Beatville". www.washingtonpost.com.